The music room is a very busy place this time of year. Here are some of the things we are doing.
Kindergarten: The students are doing wonderfully! Right now, the music room is a lot about playing with sound and creating fun movements. We will be working with playing, reading, and singing high and low.
1st grade: Students have been hard at work on beat vs. word pieces. I will be showing them their first rhythms soon and then we will be able to make our own rhythm pieces! After another review of sol-mi we can add those notes in as well to make songs
2nd grade: Students have just finished a review of last year's rhythms. We are working on behaving as musicians and continuing to gain confidence in the skills we have already learned. We will do another unit on melody coming up.
3rd grade: Recorders are coming soon! It has unfortunately taken more time then I thought for them to get and assemble all the recorders we need but we are hoping to get them this week. I apologize for the delay! We are practicing play sol-la-mi on instruments now in preparation for reading our recorder music. We are also launching in on reviewing our rhythms from last year and giving ta and ta-ti their proper musical names of quarter notes and eighth notes. Once we get playing recorder, we should be able to use sol-mi-la comfortably, add in do, and be able to use quarter notes, barred eighth notes, half notes, and quarter rests. We will seek to add the half rest and single eighth note and rest this year as well.
4th grade: Right now we are reviewing 16th notes and learning about music from around the world. We just finished some work with our recorders. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement!
5th grade: We just began a big composer project! Students are choosing a composer either from a list I provided or of their choice, learning about them, and explaining why that composer matters. We will be creating a living museum where guests will be able to interview each composer.
Cubs Chorale: I'm so exited to start back up with you all in March!

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